7 Things they don't teach you in library school

by Marcel H. Faulkner

We go undeluded into library school. We expect to be taught practices and skills that will make us stupendous librarians. But we also know that every detail and nuance of library work cannot possibly be taught in school. Here are a few things I have observed, some amusing, some alarming, in public libraries. Reality, in my opinion, has always been highly overrated.